9. Louis Vuitton Kusama Pumpkin Minaudiere Bag – USD 133,430
I suspect you won’t agree with me, but I find this piece, number 9 on our list of most expensive designer handbags in the world in 2016, insanely beautiful, even though it’s clearly very impractical; I’m not even sure my phone and lipstick would fit in there together. In any case, I definitely don’t have the money for this, but it’s a nice fantasy.
Inspired by the small jewelry bags from the 30’s, this pumpkin-shaped collaboration of Yayoi Kusama with Vuitton is covered with her signature and neurotic spotted pattern. It is made out of black resin and pure gold, and it truly looks like it belongs in a museum; that’s probably the reason why only five of them were made. In the art bag department, this one deserves a standing ovation.
8. Urban Satchel Louis Vuitton Bag – USD 150,000
I get the message, but nooo. Quite contrary of what I said before, this bag flunks terribly in the art department. I’m sure there’s some kind of message there, but to the naked eye, it just looks like a big pile of garbage. Really, who buys this? Who pays 150 grand for a bunch of trash glued together? A 5-year-old could do that! Oh, wait… they probably did.
Ashley Olsen (remember her?) was the face of the campaign at the time the bag was released; of course, she was paid several million to put her skinny mug on this literal piece of junk, and I hope it haunts her to the end of her days. Fortunately, only 24 of these monsters were created, although it still seems like too many to me.
